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| Written by EMILY STEINMETZ, High Country News | |
| Tuesday, 07 October 2008 | |
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The worn walls of the ruins in Cedar Mesa change colors as the sun
moves across the sky, glowing orange-red in the late afternoon to match
the cliffs above and below them. The southeastern Utah site, home to
ancestral Puebloans on and off from about 1 to 1300 A.D., remains
fairly unspoiled, thanks to special federal protection. But now the
Bureau of Land Management plans to open up the area for more
recreational use. Agency officials say this will better protect the
ruins, but archaeologists fear it could destroy them. Read More...
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